Lindsay Anderson

"I am so, so sorry " The guy said, helping Anastasia to her feet. "Are you okay?""I'm fine, no worries." Anastasia smiled. "No big..." Taking off her sunglasses, her heart did a flip inside of her chest. The guy standing in front of her was none other than her favorite actor, Andy Doorsman. From the look on his face, Andy seemed to be surprised himself.

Blow drying my hair, I hear the doorbell ring. Turning off the blow dryer and tying my fluffy, white bathrobe around me, I make my way downstairs to open the door. As I open the door, my heart stops, and fresh feelings of hurt and anger fill my heart.

As Mom, Dad, and I made our way from Orlando Inter-national Airport to our extra large beach house in Henley Beach, The events of Wednesday played in my head once more. At one point, my verbally, emotion-ally, and psycho-logically abusive boyfriend and I are getting into a verbal fight. Moments later, he is calling me a bad name, and saying that I wasn't good enough. Deciding that I had had enough, I punched him in the face, told him that we were through, and left his house immediate-ly. Even though I know I did the right thing by leaving my abusive boyfriend of two years, it hurts so bad. With this said, I am thankful for the annual summer two month stay here at Henley Beach with my parents, lifelong good friend, Preston, and his wonderful parents. After all, I have a good feeling that this trip is exactly what I need right now.

Dear Journal, Two days ago, Mom and Dad ran into some old friends from college that they had not spoken to or heard from in years. Two days later, their family and my family are going out to dinner with them tonight. From what I under-stand, the couple has a son around my age. With this said, I am looking forward to meeting him and his parents After all, I love meeting new people -Anastasia

As I dance the night away with my best friends and the juniors and seniors of my school, I think about what is on the rise for the next couple of weeks for my best friends, the other members of our graduating class, and myself. Among these things include senior skip day, finals, graduation, etc. Before I can think about it too much, however, I decide to focus on now. After all, that is what matters at this very moment.

"What is it, girl?" Nikki asked, acknowl-edging the awe and surprising look on her best friend's face. "Does it look bad?""The complete opposite, girl." Natalie replied. "You look amazing and beautiful. That dress is the perfect one for you.""You think so?""I know so." Twirling around in the strapless, floor length multi-colored pastel evening gown, Nikki could not help but smile. She looked especially beautiful and exquisite in the dress. Truth be told it was the perfect dress for tonight's prom As Nikki went back into the dressing room to change back into her regular clothes, Nikki could not help but smile and feel excited After all, she had found the perfect dress for tonight

"Hi, Nikki," Jason Holloman, a good friend of Nikki and her best friends, smiled. "May I have this dance?""SureI" Nikki smiled. Looking over to Nick, she asked, "Nick, is that okay?""Of course " Nick smiled. Getting up from her seat, Nikki let Jason lead her to the dance floor for a slow dance. As Nick watched Jason and Nikki share a slow dance to ZAYN and Taylor Swift's "I Don't Wanna Live Forever", a tiny bit of jealously filled his heart. Even though Nick knew that Jason and Nikki were just good friends, that didn't make his jealousy go away. Truth be told, he wanted to be the one dancing with Nikki. As this came to mind, something else did, as well. He was in love with Nikki.

"Thank you for volunteer-ing to come with us to my appoint-ment, Nick." Nikki smiled at her best friend. "You really didn't have to.""I know, but I wanted to come with you and your parents to this." Nick replied, sincerely. "I want to be supportive of you the best way that I know how, and that includes hearing what the doctor says so I know exactly how I can be." When she was just five years old, Nikki was diagnosed with Leukemia. When she was thirteen and just starting out as a singer, she was put on remission. The good news is that Nikki has been on remission ever since. Hoping against hope, Nikki prayed that Dr. Ruiz, her oncologist, would say that she was officially cancer free. That would be awesome Looking over at Nick, Nikki could not help but smile. Nick had volunteer-ed to come as support. Immediate-ly, Nikki and her parents had said yes After all, it was a small yet big thing that he was doing for his best friend." Nikki Enders." The nurse called from the door. Silently standing up from their seats, Nikki, her parents, and Nick made their way over to the door where the nurse was standing.

Dear Journal, ever since we were kinder-garteners, my best friends and I have called Gallagher Academy, a K12 school for students with learning disabilities, our school home. Due to the fact that my best friends and I were the only ones who made up our grade, we were, are, and always be a tight knit family. To be clear, we were that way way before starting at Gallagher Academy. In fact, we have been that way all of our lives Moving on, at 11:30 AM, we will be graduating and saying goodbye to our school home. This makes me a little sad and emotional. Don't get me wrong, I am truly excited about graduating It is just a little bit bittersweet, that's all. Moving on, there is another reason that graduating high school is bittersweet. Graduating today means that I move from my Orlando home in two days to L. A. to live with my favorite aunt, and start filming my new t.v. show that I am the main star of. Even though I am excited about my new adventure, I am sad about having to leave my family and best friends behind. With this said, I have a lot of mixed emotions about today -Grey

After everyone had finished eating dinner, it was time for the karaoke part of the evening. The first people to volunteer and perform? Nikki and Nick. As they got ready to perform, Nick and Nikki could not help but smile to themselves. After all, there was no one else that they would rather sing a duet with than with each other.

Dear Journal, Ever since I was ten years old, I have been living with my amazing Aunt Zooey, and working on a top t.v. show. Due to the fact that I live a few states away from my parents and best friends, I am only able to see them, Thanks-giving, Christmas break, and summer. Due to the fact that I was not able to come home last summer due to filming duties, I have not seen them since last Christmas. At this point, my best friends do not know that I am here for Christmas, only my parents do. Due to the fact that my plan is to surprise them at Zander's annual Christmas party, this makes me happy. The fact that we live right next door makes it even more awesome. This is because I can sneak through the back gate and surprise him in the backyard With this said, this surprise will definitely be one that no one will ever forget -Zara